Chapter eleven: Cat fight

Melinda moaned. Her head was killing her. What happened? She wondered as bits and pieces floated back to her. She remembered her stupid cousins coming back, then that witch Katie throwing something at her. Then it hit her. Katie had used a potion in place of her missing powers. Well, she was going to pay. Melinda finally stood up, dusting herself off. The dining room table under her feet was completely destroyed.

"It's about time you woke up." Katie said from behind Melinda, leaning against the wall. It had only been a couple of minutes, but Katie liked to make Melinda think it was more.

"You stupid witch," Melinda yelled, throwing an energy ball at Katie. Katie ducked, the fire ball going over her head and exploding on the wall.

"What, you can't fight me without your powers?" Katie taunted.

Melinda glared at Katie, then running tackled her. Both girls went sprawling to the ground, both trying to be the first to her feet. Melinda was the first, and she made the move to kick Katie. Katie waited on the ground until the last possible second, then reached up and grabbed Melinda's ankle, twisting it. Melinda lost her balance and fell to the ground again. Katie took the opportunity to stand up.

"Chris didn't do a bad job of teaching you how to defend yourself, but it's nothing compared to Wyatt taught me." Melinda stated, quickly climbing to her feet.

They stood a few feet apart, both trying to figure out what the other was planning and how to defend herself against it. Melinda was the first to move and she went back on the dare Katie gave her and fired an energy ball at Katie. Katie ducked, and Melinda chose this time to kick Katie's feet out from under her. Katie flew backwards and landed on her back. The potion bottles in Katie's pocket fell out, each one silently leaking the potion inside onto the floor.

"Is that the best you've got?" Melinda asked, a glint of humor in her eyes, standing over Katie.

Katie lay for a couple seconds, catching her breath. Then jumped to her feet and before Melinda had time to react, punched her dead on in the face. Melinda staggered back a couple steps, tenderly touching her nose, checking for a break. It wasn't broken, but drops of blood fell from her left nostril.

Melinda retaliated back kicking Katie in the shin, and then when Katie was distracted with her leg, socked her in the jaw. Katie felt the cut on her lip already beginning to form. She wiped away the blood from her lip, then shot out her arm to punch Melinda back.

Melinda was quicker, moving Katie's arm out of the way with one arm, and kicking Katie in the stomach. One again, Katie found herself on the ground with Melinda standing over her.

"I told you Chris was not the choice to make." Melinda said, trying to step on Katie.

Katie rolled out of the way, then picked up a piece of the broken table with her hand and swinging it into Melinda's leg. Melinda stopped, feeling a splinter enter her leg through the pants she wore.

Katie didn't bother with standing up this time, instead she army crawled towards the kitchen. She needed a weapon and the kitchen had plenty of knives.

Melinda caught her before Katie got to the kitchen, and picked up one ankle, dragging Katie back towards the foyer. Katie twisted, so Melinda went flying over her legs and onto the ground on the other side of her. Katie wished as hard as she could that she had some form of a weapon.

The large grandfather clock struck an o'clock and chimed. The chiming was the only noise filling the air. Katie felt an atheme smoke into her hand when the last chime sounded. Getting to her feet, she walked over to where Melinda stood.

"Melinda, did you ever wonder who stole your power?" Melinda stared at Katie, blankly. "You know the one you had that allowed you to freeze other witches?"

Melinda narrowed her eyes, "Why?"

"Because it was me," Katie yelled, stabbing Melinda in the arm with the atheme. Melinda screamed in pain, feeling her powers leave her. Katie ripped out the atheme and Melinda made a wild grab for it. With a smug look on her face, Katie threw the atheme into the air, just out of the reach of Melinda. Centimeters before Melinda could grab it, Katie put out her hand and blew up the atheme. Melinda turned her attention to Katie, anger coming over her face like a dark cloud.

"You little witch!" Melinda screamed.

Katie summoned another atheme to her hand and lightning fast, stabbed Melinda in the heart with it.

Melinda stopped, looking down at the atheme stuck in her chest. She gasped for breath but none would enter her lungs. Stumbling, Melinda fell to the ground next to the grandfather clock. Seconds later she was dead. Her limp body vanished into thin air, returning to her own time.

"And damn proud," Katie spat at the spot where Melinda had died moments ago. Catching her breath, Katie made her way to the attic to help Chris. In the hallway upstairs, Katie heard a baby cry. Torn, she finally decided to see what baby Chris or baby Wyatt wanted. Quietly, she entered Piper and Leo's bedroom and stole over to the nursery. Baby Chris was screaming at the top of his lungs, and Katie reached into his crib and picked him up trying to comfort him.

"Shhhhhh," Katie bounced baby Chris, finally settling him down for the most part. "How long have you two been here?" Katie asked the two babies. Reluctantly, Katie reached over to pick up baby Wyatt as well. Before she could, he orbed out of his crib. "I don't think he likes me." She said to baby Chris, who just giggled in return. "Come on, we have to go find him," She orbed after the baby, knowing he would just cause trouble wherever he went.

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Piper picked up her head, seeing orbs materialize in the cave. When they cleared, Wyatt stood there, watching her. "Wyatt?" She asked.

"What?" Leo asked, finally freeing their wrists, allowing Piper to run to Wyatt.

"How'd he get down here?" Phoebe asked, rubbing the spot on her wrists where the rope had been.

"He probably orbed," Katie announced, orbing in as well. "He's not all that fun to play with."

"What is going on?" Piper asked, gesturing to Leo to take baby Chris from Katie. He did, and Katie was glad to get rid of him.

"Long story," Katie proceeded to tell them what had been happening in the world above while they where M.I.A.

A/N: So do you like? Should Katie have tried to turn Melinda good instead of killing her? Or should it have gone down the way I wrote it? Let me know so I know exactly what to put in the next chapter, okay?